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Marais, Marin (1656 - 1728)

Sample page — 559x ⇩ Score — 777x ⇩
Dessus I / Hautbois I / Violons — 178x ⇩, Dessus II / Hautbois II — 154x ⇩, Flûtes I & II — 161x ⇩, Haute-contre — 145x ⇩, Taille — 150x ⇩, Quinte — 148x ⇩, Basse continue / Bassons — 170x ⇩

Sources of the instrumental suite from “Alcione” are: a) a manuscript of the score, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Bibliothèque-musée de l'opéra, A-69 (in this source some pages of the Chaconne are missing) ; b) manuscript of separate parts, Uppsala, (Uppsala, (S-Uu)) Vok. mus. i hs. 28°, RISM ID no.: 190025010.

Version 1.0
Sample — 591x ⇩ Score — 258x ⇩
I Dessus — 172x ⇩, II Dessus — 153x ⇩, Haute-contre — 162x ⇩, Taille — 167x ⇩, Basse — 159x ⇩
Ouverture — 383x ⇩, Premier Air pour la Suitte de la Nimphe — 302x ⇩, Bourée pour le mesmes — 379x ⇩, Gigue — 213x ⇩, Rondeau pour les Plaisirs — 400x ⇩, Air pour la descente de la Gloire — 349x ⇩, Ouverture pour Servir d'Entr'act — 436x ⇩, Chaconne — 311x ⇩

Source of “Arianne et Baccus” is the ms. of the score, Philidor collection, digital library Gallica, BNF, Paris. Caption title: “Arianne et Baccus / Prologue”. The present edition includes all the instrumental pieces from Prologue and the Chaconne from Act III.

This edition, version 2.0, collects two previous publications, correcting some transcription errors and presenting a new editorial format.